Victor Herbert

15.9k total citations · 5 hit papers
240 papers, 12.5k citations indexed

About

Victor Herbert is a scholar working on Rheumatology, Molecular Biology and Nutrition and Dietetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Victor Herbert has authored 240 papers receiving a total of 12.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 109 papers in Rheumatology, 47 papers in Molecular Biology and 40 papers in Nutrition and Dietetics. Recurrent topics in Victor Herbert's work include Folate and B Vitamins Research (109 papers), Metabolism and Genetic Disorders (31 papers) and Vitamin C and Antioxidants Research (31 papers). Victor Herbert is often cited by papers focused on Folate and B Vitamins Research (109 papers), Metabolism and Genetic Disorders (31 papers) and Vitamin C and Antioxidants Research (31 papers). Victor Herbert collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and South Africa. Victor Herbert's co-authors include Chester W. Gottlieb, Kam‐Seng Lau, Sheldon J. Bleicher, Louis R. Wasserman, Ralph Zalusky, Louis W. Sullivan, Elizabeth Jayatilleke, Samuel Waxman, Glenn Tisman and K. C. Das and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and New England Journal of Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Victor Herbert

230 papers receiving 10.6k citations

Hit Papers

Coated Charcoal Immunoass... 1961 2026 1982 2004 1965 1965 1962 1965 1961 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k 2.5k
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Coated Charcoal Immunoassay of Insulin
    1965 2.8k citations Victor Herbert, Chester W. Gottlieb et al. profile →
  2. Rapid Charcoal Assay for Intrinsic Factor (IF), Gastric Juice Unsaturated B12 Binding Capacity, Antibody to IF, and Serum Unsaturated B12 Binding Capacity
    1965 693 citations Chester W. Gottlieb, Louis R. Wasserman et al. profile →
  3. INTERRELATIONS OF VITAMIN B12 AND FOLIC ACID METABOLISM: FOLIC ACID CLEARANCE STUDIES*
    1962 420 citations Victor Herbert, Ralph Zalusky profile →
  4. Measurement of Serum Vitamin B12 Level Using Radioisotope Dilution and Coated Charcoal
    1965 337 citations Chester W. Gottlieb, Louis R. Wasserman et al. profile →
  5. THE ASSAY AND NATURE OF FOLIC ACID ACTIVITY IN HUMAN SERUM*
    1961 254 citations Victor Herbert profile →

Author Peers

Peers are selected by citation overlap in the author's most active subfields. citations · hero ref

Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Victor Herbert 4.9k 3.3k 2.0k 1.8k 1.8k 240 12.5k
Ebba Nexø 5.9k 1.2× 5.3k 1.6× 2.2k 1.1× 1.5k 0.8× 1.3k 0.7× 391 14.4k
M.R. Malinow 8.1k 1.6× 1.6k 0.5× 4.3k 2.1× 1.6k 0.9× 824 0.5× 164 12.8k
Roberto Corrocher 2.1k 0.4× 2.4k 0.7× 1.5k 0.7× 1.3k 0.7× 1.8k 1.0× 283 10.5k
Sally P. Stabler 8.9k 1.8× 3.0k 0.9× 2.4k 1.2× 1.6k 0.9× 1.1k 0.6× 182 14.6k
Jesse F. Gregory 6.2k 1.3× 3.2k 1.0× 1.2k 0.6× 1.0k 0.6× 2.0k 1.2× 270 11.6k
Hirofumi Makino 2.4k 0.5× 7.0k 2.1× 3.3k 1.6× 2.7k 1.5× 689 0.4× 672 23.6k
Anne M. Molloy 7.4k 1.5× 2.0k 0.6× 2.2k 1.1× 1.1k 0.6× 1.5k 0.9× 263 11.8k
Jean‐Louis Guéant 3.5k 0.7× 2.7k 0.8× 1.1k 0.6× 1.4k 0.8× 563 0.3× 379 10.1k
David Alpers 1.1k 0.2× 3.2k 1.0× 2.4k 1.2× 1.7k 1.0× 1.9k 1.1× 291 10.1k
I. Chanarin 3.0k 0.6× 1.5k 0.4× 774 0.4× 847 0.5× 573 0.3× 244 7.2k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Schleicher, G., Victor Herbert, Adrian Brink, et al.. (2005). Procalcitonin and C-reactive protein levels in HIV-positive subjects with tuberculosis and pneumonia. European Respiratory Journal. 25(4). 688–692. 64 indexed citations
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Herbert, Victor, et al.. (1995). Total nutrition : the only guide you'll ever need. St Martin's Press eBooks. 4 indexed citations
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Herbert, Victor. (1995). Reply to B Liebman. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 61(4). 869–870. 1 indexed citations
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Herbert, Victor. (1995). Reply to NR Farnsworth. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 62(5). 1027–1028.
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Herbert, Victor. (1994). Staging vitamin B−12 (cobalamin) status in vegetarians. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 59(5). 1213S–1222S. 176 indexed citations
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Herbert, Victor, et al.. (1984). Is there a "gold standard" for human serum vitamin B12 assay?. PubMed. 104(5). 829–41. 19 indexed citations
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Herbert, Victor. (1981). Epidemiology, diet, and “killer diseases”. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 34(4). 592–593. 1 indexed citations
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Herbert, Victor. (1980). Reply to letter by McCarty. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 33(1). 9–12. 2 indexed citations
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Herbert, Victor. (1979). Laetrile: the cult of cyanide Promoting poison for profit. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 32(5). 1121–1158. 36 indexed citations
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Herbert, Victor. (1979). The nutritionally and metabolically destructive “nutritional and metabolic antineoplastic diet” of laetrile proponents. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 32(1). 96–98. 10 indexed citations
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Jacob, Elizabeth, et al.. (1977). A simple method for the separate measurement of transcobalamins I, II, and III: normal ranges in serum and plasma in men and women.. Munich Personal RePEc Archive (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich). 89(5). 1145–52. 34 indexed citations
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Herbert, Victor & K. C. Das. (1976). The Role of Vitamin B12 and Folic Acid in Hemato- and Other Cell-Poiesis. Vitamins and hormones. 34. 1–30. 42 indexed citations
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Herbert, Victor. (1973). The five possible causes of all nutrient deficiency: illustrated by deficiencies of vitamin B12 and folic acid. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 26(1). 77–86. 26 indexed citations
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Herbert, Victor, et al.. (1973). Intestinal absorption using vibration-obtained individual small bowel epithelial cells of the rat: folate absorption. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 26(1). 23–28. 20 indexed citations
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Carmel, Ralph & Victor Herbert. (1967). INTRINSIC-FACTOR ANTIBODY IN THE SALIVA OF A PATIENT WITH PERNICIOUS ANÆMIA. The Lancet. 289(7481). 80–81. 31 indexed citations
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Gottlieb, Chester W. & Victor Herbert. (1966). Desorption from coated charcoal: An alternative to the coated charcoal T3 test. Journal of Laboratory and Clinical Medicine. 68(1). 113–119. 2 indexed citations
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Herbert, Victor, et al.. (1965). APPARENT LOW SERUM-VITAMIN-B12 LEVELS ASSOCIATED WITH CHLORPROMAZINE. The Lancet. 286(7421). 1052–1053. 26 indexed citations
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Herbert, Victor, Ralph Zalusky, & Helen R. Skeggs. (1963). Retention of Injected Hydroxocobalamin Versus Cyanocobalamin Versus Liver Extract-Bound Cobalamin. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 12(2). 145–149. 11 indexed citations
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Herbert, Victor, et al.. (1959). Effect of ᴅ-Sorbitol on Absorption of Vitamin B12 by Human Subjects Able To Produce Intrinsic Factor. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 7(3). 325–327. 4 indexed citations
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Herbert, Victor. (1959). Studies on the Role of Intrinsic Factor in Vitamin B12 Absorption, Transport, and Storage. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 7(4). 433–443. 37 indexed citations

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